Mastering Unscripted Development - The Interviews
A SERIES OF LIVE, ONLINE INTERVIEWS WITH INDUSTRY GREATS.
Hear from the TV industry’s unscripted development experts, from both production and commissioning points of view, in this series of free online masterclasses interviews.
How were their careers forged and what were their greatest successes and failures along the way? How are they adapting to the current market? What strategies do they feel work in development? What do they wish they had been told when they started out? What sort of idea still excites them? Dishing all the dirt on careers at the frontline of format creation, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
To apply for a ticket, please click the link below, which will take you to The Screenskills website.
This course takes place online via Zoom and will run on the following dates and times:
1pm – 2pm Friday 26th April 2024
Tim Hincks, CEO Expectation
1pm – 2pm Friday 24th May 2024
Karen Smith, CEO Tuesday’s Child
1pm – 2pm Friday 21st June 2024
Syeda Irtizaali, Editor of Unscripted, BBC
1pm – 2pm Thursday 4th July 2024
Tom Beck, Commissioning Editor Entertainment, C4 and Joe Mace, Commissioning Editor Entertainment ITV
1pm – 2pm Friday 20th September 2024
TBC
Dates
This course is aimed TV developers of all levels and can be booked as a complementary element to our other courses – Mastering Development: Team Enrichment and How to Devise Develop and Sell a TV Format. Or you can simply book to attend an interview on its own.
Who is it for?
The interviews will be hosted by Anna Blue and Will Spokes, Entertainment Execs who each have over 25 years’ experience in TV development and production.
Often working together, and sometimes apart, they have co-created, sold and produced numerous formats including The Fortune Hotel (ITV), The Mash Report (BBC2), The Magicians (BBC1), You’re Back in The Room (ITV), Got To Dance (Sky), The Big Jubilee Street Party (ITV), Push The Button (ITV), Life Stripped Bare (C4), Taxi of Mum and Dad (C4), The Beat Goes On (C5), OAP Internet Virgins (Sky) and many more.
They have managed and trained numerous development departments at various major production companies, both in full time positions as creative directors, and as consultants – constructing teams and advising on strategy. Importantly they are still in the thick of TV development and production and will be delivering this course around their ongoing roles.
Anna is currently Director of Entertainment at Gold Dust Films.
Will oversees development and is an Executive Producer at Tuesday’s Child.